ASX ANNOUNCEMENT
13 September 2017
Westpac prices USD1.25 billion of SEC registered Additional Tier 1 capital securitiesWestpac Banking Corporation (Westpac) today announced it has priced USD1.25 billion of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) registered, fixed rate, resetting, perpetual, subordinated, contingent convertible securities. The proposed issue date is 21 September 2017.
The securities will have an initial fixed interest rate of 5.00% per year (equivalent to 10-Year Mid-Swap Rate plus 2.888%) until the first reset date in September 2027.
The securities will be issued by Westpac's New Zealand Branch and will qualify as Additional Tier 1 capital under the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority's Basel III capital adequacy framework. Westpac intends to use the net proceeds of the issuance for general corporate purposes.
The terms of the securities are described in the attachments to this announcement.
No ordinary shareholder approval is required for the issuance of the securities. The issuance will not be to a specific class of existing Westpac securityholders.
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Further enquiries Westpac Investor Relations (Sydney) Andrew Bowden T. +61 2 8253 4008 M. +61 438 284 863 NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION OR RELEASE IN THE UNITED STATESThis announcement does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, any securities in the United States or in any other jurisdiction.
The following is an extract of principal terms of the securities from the Free Writing Prospectus dated 12 September 2017.
US$1,250,000,000 5.000% Fixed Rate Resetting Perpetual Subordinated Contingent Convertible Securities ("Securities") Subject, upon the occurrence of a Capital Trigger Event or a Non-Viability Trigger Event, to Conversion or possible Write-off, as more fully described in the Prospectus dated September 7, 2017Issuer | Westpac Banking Corporation, acting through its New Zealand Branch |
Principal Amount | US$1,250,000,000 |
Legal Format | SEC Registered Global Securities |
Trade Date | September 12, 2017 |
Issue Date | September 21, 2017 (T+7) |
Term | Perpetual |
Reset Date | The Interest Payment Date on September 21, 2027 (the "First Reset Date") and every 5th anniversary thereafter (each, a "Reset Date"). |
Initial Interest Rate | 5.000% per year from and including Issue Date to, but excluding, the First Reset Date. |
Reset Interest Rate | If all of the Securities have not been redeemed, purchased and cancelled, Written- off or Converted by Westpac by the relevant Reset Date, the interest, if any, scheduled to be paid semi-annually in arrears for the period from, and including, that Reset Date to, but excluding, the next succeeding Reset Date shall be reset to a fixed rate per annum equal to:
(rounded to three decimal places, with 0.0005 rounded upwards). "Mid-Market Swap Rate" has the meaning given in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement dated September 7, 2017 (the "Preliminary Prospectus Supplement") "Spread" means 2.888% per year, being the difference between the Re-offer Yield on the Trade Date and the Benchmark 10-Year Mid-Swap Rate at the time of pricing on the Trade Date. |
Re-offer Price | 100.000% |
Re-offer Yield | 5.000% |
Benchmark 10-Year Mid- Swap Rate | 2.112% |
Interest Payment Dates | Subject to the Payment Conditions, interest, if any, will be scheduled to be paid semi-annually in arrears on March 21 and September 21 of each year, subject in each case to the Business Day Convention (see below), commencing on March 21, 2018 until but not including the date on which a redemption of the Securities |
occurs. | |
Day Count Convention | 30/360, unadjusted |
Business Day | Each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday that is not a day on which banking institutions in New York, New York, or London, United Kingdom, Auckland or Wellington, New Zealand or Sydney, Australia are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close. |
Business Day Convention | Any payment of principal or interest with respect to the Securities scheduled to be made on an Interest Payment Date that is not a Business Day will be made on the next succeeding Business Day, and no interest will accrue on that payment for the period from and after the Interest Payment Date to the date of payment on the next succeeding Business Day. |
Denominations | Minimum of US$2,000 and integral multiples of US$1,000 in excess thereof |
Ranking and Status | Fully paid, direct, unsecured and subordinated obligations of Westpac qualifying as Additional Tier 1 Capital of Westpac. In the event of a Winding-Up of Westpac in Australia, to the extent the Securities have not previously been Converted or Written-off, the Securities would:
For a description of debts preferred by law, see "Description of the Securities- Ranking" in the Prospectus dated September 7, 2017 (the "Prospectus"). However, it is unlikely a Winding-Up of Westpac will occur without a Trigger Event having occurred first and the Securities being Converted or Written-off. In that event:
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Optional Redemption | Redemption is subject to APRA's prior written approval, which may or may not be |
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